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    "ocrText": "General Haig/Amb. Dobrynin\n3\nH:\nYeah. Well, Mr. Ambassador, what worries me, I don't think it's\na reflection of the attitudes here at all.\nD:\nYeah.\nH:\nFor example, what was done on the alerts I am sure you know that's\nbeen done on countless occasions and for some reason none of the fanfare.\nD:\nYes, without fanfare. Why you make it without even telling us, why?\nIf it was really war, I am sure you will try to prevent the war.\nH:\nNo, no\nD:\nAnd you will tell us if so. But if it was not the war, why to play the\ngame publicly about it because you put us in a very difficult position\ndomestically really. Well, we are just thinking what to do to make\na public statement denying all these things really because after all,\none impression in the letter couldn't justify or just to be quiet but\nremember this thing. This is not the thing to be done. I have spent\ntoo many years and I'm telling you rather frankly that is not necessary\nto do but it is better for us mutually to understand what is going on.\nH:\nWell, obviously, I wouldn't call if I was at all comfortable with what\nwas said tonight.\nD:\nYeah. No, I do appreciate your call and I do appreciate the thoughtfulness\nof the President about it because it is very important to keep the personal\nrelationship as strong as it was before.\nH:\nWell, that's what he feels about it and he feels that way very strongly.\nAnd what he was trying to convey was just that -- the strong personal\nrelationship.\nD:\nYeah. This is the point.\nH:\nWell, I'm afraid that it just did not come across well tonight at all.\nD:\nNo, it did not.\nH:\nAnd he wanted you to know it. He is very concerned about it. He is\nup there -- I replayed the thing for him because I wanted him to see\nyou know sometimes when you speak you don't know.\nD:\nNo, I understand."
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